Spring and early summer are when many homeschoolers spend time preparing for the following school year. For many of us — especially the beginning homeschooler — choosing curriculum is a mind-spinning process. Oh the choices! When we first {read more}

If you are a Charlotte Mason homeschooler and keeping a Book of Centuries (or would like to start), here is a printable form that includes all of the centuries on one page (click on the form for the pdf). I created this form so that we could see, at {read more}

Image courtesy of hortongroup.com. Reading aloud to our children is important to us. In the past, our read aloud times took place on the couch just before bedtime. I enjoyed the reading but I didn’t like the seemingly endless dawdling that occurred {read more}

Photo by Sophie One of the greatest things I learned from my dad was the art of negotiation; specifically, how to negotiate effectively and avoid all the begging, pleading and whining! Here’s an example of how it works with an older child: Child: {read more}

photo by dakari nyne Recently, I paid $14 in library late fees. Nice. But hopefully the days of overdue books are behind me now that I’ve got the help of Elf. Elf notifies me when my library books are almost due so I can get to the library before {read more}